Keiko HIROTA    Department   School of Medicine, School of Medicine    Position   Assistant Professor
Article types	Original article
Language	English
Peer review	Peer reviewed
Title	The GATA transcription factor ELT-2 modulates both the expression and methyltransferase activity of PRMT-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans
Journal	Formal name：The Journal of Biochemistry ISSN code：0021924X/17562651
Domestic / Foregin	Domestic
Volume, Issue, Page	163(5),pp.433-440
Author and coauthor	ARAOI Sho†, DAITOKU Hiroaki, YOKOYAMA Atsuko, KAKO Koichiro, HIROTA Keiko, FUKAMIZU Akiyoshi*
Publication date	2018/05
Summary	Protein arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1) catalyzes asymmetric arginine dimethylation of cellular proteins and thus modulates various biological processes, including gene regulation, RNA metabolism, cell signaling and DNA repair. Since prmt-1 null mutant completely abolishes asymmetric dimethylarginine in C. elegans, PRMT-1 is thought to play a crucial role in determining levels of asymmetric arginine dimethylation. However, the mechanism underlying the regulation of PRMT-1 activity remains largely unknown. Here, we explored for transcription factors that induce the expression of PRMT-1 by an RNAi screen using transgenic C. elegans harbouring prmt-1 promoter upstream of gfp. Of 529 clones, we identify a GATA transcription factor elt-2 as a positive regulator of Pprmt-1:: gfp expression and show that elt-2 RNAi decreases endogenous PRMT-1 expression at mRNA and protein levels. Nevertheless, surprisingly arginine methylation levels are increased when elt-2 is silenced, implying that erythroid-like transcription factor (ELT)-2 may also have ability to inhibit methyltransferase activity of PRMT-1. Supporting this idea, GST pull-down and co-immunoprecipitation assays demonstrate the interaction between ELT-2 and PRMT-1. Furthermore, we find that ELT-2 interferes with PRMT-1-induced arginine methylation in a dose-dependent manner. Collectively, our results illustrate the two modes of PRMT-1 regulation, which could determine the levels of asymmetric arginine dimethylation in C. elegans.
DOI	10.1093/jb/mvy012